Improved check-hook



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13mm Patentlvo. 92,879, dated ,my 2o, 1869..

IMPROVED CHECK-HOOK.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pari;4 ofthe same.

To all whom it. may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES B. PASZNE, of Clinton,

in the county of De "itt, and in the State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Check-Hooks; and do herebydeclare that the following is a 1full, clear,l and exact descriptionthereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consistsl in the construction of acheck-hook, and in providing the same with adstationary tongue, foi-'thepurpose of holding the strap that crosses the flat surface. ofthe hook,and of pre-venting the bridle-rein from becoming detached when in use;

In` order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains, to make and use the same, l will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, whichform a part of this specilication, andin which- Figure I is a plan viewof' a saddle, with my checkhook attached, andw Figure Q/isa'perspectiveofthe cheek-hook.

A represents the liat surface of the check-hook, over which the strap Bpasses. A r

' At ,one end is the raised breeching-loop C, and at the other the hookl), which has a shoulder, a.,fat the front, as shown in iig. 2.

The breechingloop (i being raised, and the hook D having the shoulder'(l., prevents the hook from working backward and forward, as the strapB lits in between the two, thus holding it. In the centre ,of the flatsurface, A, is a stationary tongue, E, which projects through a hole cutin the strap B, and extends up nearly to the hook "D, thus not onlykeeping the whole hook in its place, but also preventing the bridle-reinfrom becoming detached.

The whole check-hook, including the stationary tongue, may be cast inone piece, oi any kind of metal desired.

Having thus fully described my invention,

lVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv Theiiat plate A., with shoulder a, loop C, and tongue E, which projectsabove the surface of the leather B, and with hook I), all connected tothe parts of the leather by the rivets, as herein shown aud described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have i hereunto set my hand,this 28th day of December, 1868.

CHARLES B. PAYNE.

lVitnesses:

SAM Uni, LOGAN, J. M. GRAHAM.

